Cummings, J. L., Lyketsos, C. G., Peskind, E. R., Porsteinsson, A. P., Mintzer, J. E., Scharre, D. W., De La Gandara, J. E., Agronin, M., Davis, C. S., Nguyen, U., Shin, P., Tariot, P. N., Siffert, J.

IMPORTANCE: Agitation is common among patients with Alzheimer disease; safe, effective treatments are lacking. OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of dextromethorphan hydrobromide-quinidine sulfate for Alzheimer disease-related agitation. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Phase 2 randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial using a sequential parallel comparison design with 2 consecutive 5-week treatment stages conducted August […]

Park, Sang-Ki, Jung, In-Chul, Lee, Won Kyung, Lee, Young Sun, Park, Hyoung Kook, Go, Hyo Jin, Kim, Kiseong, Lim, Nam Kyoo, Hong, Jin Tae, Ly, Sun Yung, Rho, Seok Seon

A combination of green tea extract and l-theanine (LGNC-07) has been reported to have beneficial effects on cognition in animal studies. In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, the effect of LGNC-07 on memory and attention in subjects with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) was investigated. Ninety-one MCI subjects whose Mini Mental State Examination-K (MMSE-K) scores were […]

Lott, Ira T., Doran, Eric, Nguyen, Vinh Q., Tournay, Anne, Head, Elizabeth, Gillen, Daniel L.

Individuals with Down syndrome over age 40 years are at risk for developing dementia of the Alzheimer type and have evidence for chronic oxidative stress. There is a paucity of treatment trials for dementia in Down syndrome in comparison to Alzheimer disease in the general (non-Down syndrome) population. This 2-year randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial assessed […]

Valen-Sendstad, Arnhild, Engedal, Knut, Stray-Pedersen, Babill, Strobel, Carsten, Barnett, Liv, Meyer, Nicolay, Nurminemi, Minna

Objective: To elucidate the effects of low-dose 17beta-estradiol and norethisterone (hormone therapy [HT]) versus placebo in women with Alzheimer Disease (AD) on cognition, depressive symptoms, and activities of daily living.; Design: A 12-month randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, stratified by apolipoprotein E (ApoE) genotype (with versus without the epsilon4 allele), duration of education (< or =9 […]

de Font-Réaulx Rojas, Enrique, Dorazco-Barragan, Guillermo

Introduction: Neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease (PD), Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and multiple sclerosis (MS), are progressive pathological conditions in which current treatments have not proved to be effective at curbing their progress (clinical stabilisation). Although they have very different clinical characteristics, they share the same pathophysiological mechanisms of progression. We developed a compound designed […]

Annic, A., Devos, D., Seguy, D., Dujardin, K., Destée, A., Defebvre, L.

Introduction: When advanced Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients experience motor complications (fluctuations and dyskinesias) despite standard oral treatment, two treatment options are available: deep brain stimulation and subcutaneous apomorphine infusion with respects of indications for each strategy. Continuous intraduodenal infusion of levodopa (Duodopa) via a gastrojejunal tube may be proposed at this stage of the disease […]

Tierney, Mary C., Oh, Paul, Moineddin, Rahim, Greenblatt, Ellen M., Snow, W. Gary, Fisher, Rory H., Iazzetta, John, Hyslop, Peter St George, MacLusky, Neil J.

We examined whether estradiol and norethindrone hormone therapy (HT) prevented decline in delayed verbal recall in older women with normal to mildly impaired memory functioning. This was a 2-year, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 142 women aged 61-87, randomly assigned to receive 1 mg 17-beta estradiol daily and 0.35 mg norethindrone 3 days/week or daily […]